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Five Psychological Principles Fueling Gamification : Learning Solutions Magazine - 0 views

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gamification #eduhacks #edtech psychology learning the brain

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narratives developed around a learning activity make the activity more engaging and relevant to the learner
- dsatkins1981 on 22 Jul 17
  
  How could we build content and narrative into an Escape Room to enhance the already value elements such as problems-solving and creative thinking?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">How could we build content and narrative into an Escape Room to enhance the already value elements such as problems-solving and creative thinking?</div>
  
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leveling up should become more difficult as users progress through the material.
- dsatkins1981 on 22 Jul 17
  
  Designers at Nintendo often say: the best games are simple to play, but difficult to master (i.e. Mario).
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Designers at Nintendo often say: the best games are simple to play, but difficult to master (i.e. Mario).</div>
  
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the brain can only handle a finite amount of information at one time before becoming overloaded.
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Better learning happens when this occurs.
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Gamification has been shown to relieve stress and clear the brain of distractions.
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“If you play Angry Birds or some other game on your mobile or laptop, you are not thinking about what you are making tonight for dinner. You are thinking about what is going on in the game,” she says.
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incorporate learning in that experience, it causes a hyper focus on the key learning point.”
- dsatkins1981 on 22 Jul 17
  
  Some in the field of brain science are finding that multitasking is actually detrimental to task-quality. In other words, each additional task you undertake decreases the quality of your focus on all tasks exponentially and therefore decreases each resultant product. Hyperfocus for limited periods may be much more inline with the way the brain wants to work.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Some in the field of brain science are finding that multitasking is actually detrimental to task-quality. In other words, each additional task you undertake decreases the quality of your focus on all tasks exponentially and therefore decreases each resultant product. Hyperfocus for limited periods may be much more inline with the way the brain wants to work.</div>
  
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on a psychological level, losses can be twice as powerful as gains
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Individuals will keep playing
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relieves cognitive overload
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forges an emotional connection
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individuals would rather avoid losses than acquire equivalent gains.
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an individual would prefer to not lose $5, as opposed to finding $5.
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Users who earn or receive awards as a result of gamification do not want to lose them and, thus, will continue playing in order to retain them.
- dsatkins1981 on 22 Jul 17
  
  Like sonic the hedgehog losing rings? I like it. On the other hand, what about the evil of our day: microtransactions? Where does that come into play and what are the risks of abuse by designers of gamification in education?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Like sonic the hedgehog losing rings? I like it. On the other hand, what about the evil of our day: microtransactions? Where does that come into play and what are the risks of abuse by designers of gamification in education?</div>
  
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Fuel the Brain Educational Games | Play Time Tunnel - 0 views

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maths numeracy games time clock

shared by Martin Burrett on 23 Aug 11 - No Cached

Martin Burrett on 23 Aug 11

A good maths game where players fly a spaceship through a time tunnel, collecting fuel as you go. Set a clock to the correct time to go to the next stage. There are four different levels of time-telling ability. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/maths

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A good maths game where players fly a spaceship through a time tunnel, collecting fuel as you go. Set a clock to the correct time to go to the next stage. There are four different levels of time-telling ability. <a href="http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/maths" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/maths</a></div>

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